Quadri Adejumo

Jan 24, 2025 | bonewssng.com | Quadri Adejumo |Isaiah Ude

Africa, for so long, was the digital frontier; today, the continent is not an onlooker to technological revolutions. Africa is proactively determining the wave of innovation with blockchain technology, decentralized finance, and non-fungible tokens that have brought old issues closer to solving the challenges of economic exclusion. Web3, the decentralized internet, powered by blockchain, is increasingly growing in Africa and setting a quiet revolution that can reshape its socio-economic landscape.

Aug 19, 2024 | bonewssng.com | Quadri Adejumo

Habeeb prays for ease each day the cold gets worse. Living with sickle cell since his birth, the 27-year-old battles the rain and the accompanying cold weather. One of Nigeria’s many sickle cell warriors, Habeeb, works as a barber in a small shop in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. “I won’t lie. I don’t like the rain. I don’t pray for it. It brings me discomfort with the cold weather that comes with it,” Habeeb tells the reporter.

May 4, 2024 | tr.im | Quadri Adejumo

Twenty-five years ago, Ahmed Best made history by becoming the first actor to play a main character created through motion-capture technology, Jar Jar Binks, in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. However, the character's negative reception led to Best facing severe backlash, including personal attacks, which took a toll on his mental health.

May 4, 2024 | tr.im | Quadri Adejumo

A recent study by the University of Manchester has revealed a concerning trend in England and Wales, where rap and drill music is being used as prosecution evidence in serious criminal cases. The analysis identified 68 cases over a period of three years, where lyrics from these genres were presented as evidence against 252 defendants, including those facing charges of gang-related murder.

May 4, 2024 | tr.im | Quadri Adejumo

Yukon MLAs have unanimously passed a motion to review the programs and services of Connective Support Society, a non-profit organization that operates the Whitehorse emergency shelter. The motion, tabled by Yukon NDP MLA Annie Blake, comes in the wake of a coroner's inquest into the deaths of four Indigenous women at the shelter between 2022 and 2023, two of whom died under Connective's watch since it took over operations in October 2022.